ec2:ReleaseHosts

Write

ec2:ReleaseHosts is a Write access-level action in the ec2 service. Grants permission to release one or more On-Demand Dedicated Hosts

Resource types

ARNs that ec2:ReleaseHosts can be scoped to in an IAM policy.

arn:${Partition}:ec2:${Region}:${Account}:dedicated-host/${DedicatedHostId}
dedicated-host

Condition keys

Keys you can use in the Condition block of a policy that grants ec2:ReleaseHosts.

aws:RequestTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by a tag key and value pair that is allowed in the request

aws:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by a tag key and value pair of a resource

aws:TagKeys ArrayOfString

Filters access by a list of tag keys that are allowed in the request

ec2:Attribute String

Filters access by an attribute of a resource

ec2:Attribute/${AttributeName} String

Filters access by an attribute being set on a resource

ec2:AutoPlacement String

Filters access by the Auto Placement properties of a Dedicated Host

ec2:AvailabilityZone String

Filters access by the name of an Availability Zone in an AWS Region

ec2:Quantity Numeric

Filters access by the number of Dedicated Hosts in a request

ec2:HostRecovery String

Filters access by whether host recovery is enabled for a Dedicated Host

ec2:Region String

Filters access by the name of the AWS Region

ec2:ResourceTag/${TagKey} String

Filters access by a tag key and value pair of a resource

ec2:InstanceType String

Filters access by the type of instance

ec2:IsLaunchTemplateResource Bool

Filters access by whether users are able to override resources that are specified in the launch template

ec2:LaunchTemplate ARN

Filters access by the ARN of a launch template

Example IAM policy

A minimal policy that allows ec2:ReleaseHosts. Replace "Resource": "*" with a specific ARN to follow least privilege.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "AllowEc2ReleaseHosts",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "ec2:ReleaseHosts",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

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